Matthew 18:22
20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
21 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.
23 Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants.
24 And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Jesus answered, “I tell you, not just seven times, but seventy-seven times!
- KJV
- Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.
- WEB
- Jesus said to him, “I don’t tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven.
- ASV
- Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times; but, Until seventy times seven.
- DARBY
- Jesus says to him, I say not to thee until seven times, but until seventy times seven.
- BLB
- Jesus says to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy-seven times!
- ÅB
- Jesus svarte til ham: «Ikke syv ganger, sier jeg deg, men sytti ganger syv ganger.
- OTB
- Jesus svarte: «Jeg sier deg, ikke bare syv ganger, men syttisju ganger.
- B1930
- Jesus sa til ham: Jeg sier dig: Ikke syv ganger, men sytti ganger syv ganger.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Colossians 3:13
Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
Read in contextMark 11:25
And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
Read in contextGenesis 4:24
If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
Read in contextEphesians 4:31–5:1
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
Read in contextMatthew 6:14–15
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
Read in contextEphesians 4:26
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
Read in contextRomans 12:21
Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
Read in contextIsaiah 55:7
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
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